Can I make a Roll Table for Card Draws?

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Feb 15, 2025 10:58 pm
Okay… this might seem like a dumb question, but as my Metal Shop teacher used to say, "The only stupid question is the one that was never asked." (It’s a good thing I didn’t ask him…)



Anyway… I like Roll Tables. Love ’em, if a thing like that can be loved. It’s awesome because you have your reason for rolling and all the math at the click of a button.

And since I make my systems up, I think it’s way easier for players if there is a table. No one has to know all the rules, just click Fight or Dodge or whatever.

For card draws, the only math is how many cards you draw. I can see not having a need for a roll table because of this.

Still, it would be cool to have one, where you click, and automatically draw 1 card with the Reason displayed. Bonus if the "Card Table" can default the card to Face Up instead of Face Down.

But my question is: does this exist?


TL;DR - Does a roll table for card-draws exist?
Feb 16, 2025 12:41 am
I don't believe it exists. If you're into scripting, you can probably adjust the custom deck script for it (or write your own).
Or alternately, maybe write custom dice rules which will replace normal roll results with cards (like ♣Q or ♡3) - although that won't track the deck, so usefullness depends on how much it matters for your system.
Feb 16, 2025 1:21 am
True. I could probably script a d52 to do everything I need it to. It would be very easy to have results show as Q♠️ or 5♦️

As a randomizer, not tracking is acceptable. I would probably only want to draw cards to make it a better simulation of playing with real cards.

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